- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 2, 1748 CE
- Location:
- Spain
- Magnitude:
- 5.46 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.46
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.66
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.66
- AHEAD: Mw 4.75
Other earthquake records of 1748 CE
- China, Ningxia · Ms 5.5 · 40 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province · Ms 5.5 · 15 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province · Ms 6 · 5 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province · Ms 5.5
- Greece, Vostiza (Egio, Aigio, Aeghion) · Ms 6.8
- Spain, Valence
Source: Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001 · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1748 Spain earthquake (Mw 5.5) (1748 CE) happen?
- April 2, 1748 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.